diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
index cc7507091dec21653dba5850ea5cbddb3265158f..9c0edf2fc0dd57df77d526e25d3f69dd3b2cd81b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ static void acpi_unmap(acpi_physical_address pg_off, void __iomem *vaddr)
  * During early init (when acpi_permanent_mmap has not been set yet) this
  * routine simply calls __acpi_map_table() to get the job done.
  */
-void __iomem *__ref
-acpi_os_map_iomem(acpi_physical_address phys, acpi_size size)
+void __iomem __ref
+*acpi_os_map_iomem(acpi_physical_address phys, acpi_size size)
 {
 	struct acpi_ioremap *map;
 	void __iomem *virt;
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_io.h b/include/acpi/acpi_io.h
index d0633fc1fc156eee7432a34481d64483a54964a6..12d8bd333fe741dea6bc476a6b68b18fd49b0731 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_io.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_io.h
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ static inline void __iomem *acpi_os_ioremap(acpi_physical_address phys,
 
 extern bool acpi_permanent_mmap;
 
-void __iomem *__ref
-acpi_os_map_iomem(acpi_physical_address phys, acpi_size size);
+void __iomem __ref
+*acpi_os_map_iomem(acpi_physical_address phys, acpi_size size);
 void __ref acpi_os_unmap_iomem(void __iomem *virt, acpi_size size);
 void __iomem *acpi_os_get_iomem(acpi_physical_address phys, unsigned int size);